Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that the Ukraine Recovery Conference will be held in Rome on 10-11 July 2025.

Despite the sanctions, in 2023, German companies may have supplied more than 300 deliveries to Russia that could have been used to produce vehicle parts or ammunition.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, they discussed the possibility of permitting Kyiv to strike far into Russian Federation territory with Western weapons.

The European Union reacted to a surge in Russian strikes on civilian ships carrying Ukrainian grain, encouraging interested countries to exert pressure on Moscow to seize its actions.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he spent the morning discussing Ukraine's Victory Plan with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Russia has been making slow but steady advances at the front in Ukraine in recent weeks, but that advance comes at a cost to its occupying forces, US officials claim. 

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has commented on the ruling Georgian Dream party's election banners, which compare war-damaged buildings in Ukraine with restored buildings in Georgia.

Latvian border guards have detained a Latvian citizen in Šķilbēni Parish for illegally crossing the state border from Russia. It turned out that he had previously served in the Russian army.

On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron released footage of the Anna of Kyiv Brigade of Ukraine's Armed Forces, which is currently training in France.

Germany handed over two IRIS-T medium– and short-range air defence systems to Ukraine last week.

Western allies assume Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to consider a "more flexible" approach to ending the war with Russia.

The German government expects US President Joe Biden's visit to Germany to send a strong signal of continued support for Ukraine.

France has stated that it will provide Ukraine with Mirage 2000 fighter jets next year.

US Vice President Kamala Harris has said that she would not agree to a bilateral meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about his war against Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has held bilateral talks with his Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanár on 7 October, which resulted in the announcement that Slovakia would provide Ukraine with €500,000 to address energy issues.

Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that everyone wants the war in Ukraine to end as soon as possible, first and foremost the Ukrainians themselves, but the main question is how exactly this will happen.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is not opposed to Ukraine striking deep into Russian territory in self-defence in the future.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the international community to avoid using double standards in analysing global conflicts, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Poland is ready to start training the first few hundred Ukrainian volunteers who decide to join the Ukrainian Legion. 

Felix Baumann, Swiss Ambassador to Ukraine, has stated that Switzerland participated as an observer in the China-Brazil meeting on the "peace plan for Ukraine" and did not sign any communiqué.

The European Union is preparing to introduce a sanctions package against Iran for supplying ballistic missiles to Russia.

The European defence conglomerate KNDS has signed a contract to supply 12 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers, which will be financed by Ukraine.

The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system that Bucharest pledged to transfer to Kyiv has arrived in Ukraine.

After a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope that NATO countries will change their position on protecting Ukraine's skies.

Switzerland will provide 1.5 billion Swiss francs (approx. US$1.7 billion) over the next four years for Ukraine's rehabilitation initiatives, as well as encourage private sector investment.

Kaupo Rosin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Estonia, has stated that even in the event of a frozen conflict in Ukraine, the war will not be over, and Ukraine's victory is necessary for long-term peace.

Oral hearings will continue on Ukraine's claim at the Arbitration Tribunal in The Hague on 3 October, where Russia is accused of violating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The US Department of State has stated that it has seen a number of productive steps in the Victory Plan presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that it will be in contact with Kyiv on this issue.